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The Mexican Asteroid Photometry Campaigns: Aiming for Asteroids’ Rotation Periods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2020

W. J. Schuster
Affiliation:
IA–Ensenada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico email: schuster@astro.unam.mx
S. A. Ayala-Gómez
Affiliation:
FCFM–Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
A. Avilés
Affiliation:
FCFM–Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
M. E. Contreras
Affiliation:
DIF–Universidad de Sonora
S. A. R. Haro-Corzo
Affiliation:
ENES–Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
P. A. Loera-González
Affiliation:
DIF–Universidad de Sonora
S. Navarro-Meza
Affiliation:
IA–Ensenada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico email: schuster@astro.unam.mx
L. Olgun
Affiliation:
DIF–Universidad de Sonora
E. Pérez-Tijerina
Affiliation:
FCFM–Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
M. Reyes-Ruiz
Affiliation:
IA–Ensenada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico email: schuster@astro.unam.mx
J. C. Saucedo
Affiliation:
DIF–Universidad de Sonora
J. Segura-Sosa
Affiliation:
FCFM–Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila
P. A. Valdés-Sada
Affiliation:
DFM–Universidad de Monterrey
I. L. Fuentes-Carrera
Affiliation:
ESFM–Instituto Politécnico Nacional
C. Chávez-Pech
Affiliation:
FCFM–Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
M. Rodrguez-Martnez
Affiliation:
ENES–Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
R. Vázquez
Affiliation:
IA–Ensenada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico email: schuster@astro.unam.mx
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Abstract

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Thousands of new asteroids are discovered every year and the rate of discovery is by far larger than the determination rate of their physical properties. In 2015 a group of researchers and students of several Mexican institutions have established an observational program to study asteroids photometrically. The program, named Mexican Asteroid Photometry Campaign, is aiming to derive rotation periods of asteroids based on optical photometric observations. Since then four campaigns have been carried out. The results obtained throughout these campaigns, as well as future work, are presented.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

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